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OpenText AccuRev vs TFS comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText AccuRev
Ranking in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
22nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
TFS
Ranking in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
9th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
99
Ranking in other categories
Test Management Tools (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites category, the mindshare of OpenText AccuRev is 1.1%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TFS is 4.3%, up from 4.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
TFS4.3%
OpenText AccuRev1.1%
Other94.6%
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
 

Featured Reviews

Sameh-Hablas - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO - Director General & Founder Ai/ IT Expert - Digital Transformation at Al Danah Information Systems Solutions
Helps us with our compliance goals, native quality management systems and with the legacy systems in our organization
To improve the product, it needs some enhancement to the application's interface to be more user-friendly. The product has all the features that we need and we can depend upon it. My issue with the product is that it is not easy to use without a guide or a proper manual. That is my point. It is not very friendly to use. For example, we may need the application to be more friendly in other sorts of ways. If we have an integrated module that allows access to the features we want through one click, you do not need to make it two or three clicks on the screen. The interface can be better designed to easily provide access to the features you need. The feature I would like to see in the next release is just for it to be more friendly to use and to be like a smart application that intuits your movement through the application. It needs to be something that works smoothly and intelligent without any complicated navigation of screens.
PF
Angular C Full Stack Developer at Great American Insurance
Simplified task creation enhances seamless development workflow
We use TFS for our Agile board to handle our sprints, epics, stories, and tasks, tracking how work is progressing. It is also a repository for managing code changes TFS integrates seamlessly with Visual Studio and Azure Cloud, facilitating continuous integration and continuous deployment, which…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I have used many solutions throughout my career, but this is the best there is."
"We have seen a bonified return on investment."
"The product has all the features that we for application managementat a lower cost."
"AccuRev is a better tool in general."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is taking snapshots while doing the execution of the test cases."
"The solution is 100% scalable. It's much more scalable than the customer's capacity for implementing it. We do plan to increase usage ourselves."
"The solution is very scalable and it's been quite scalable for our organization's purpose."
"It has a user friendly UI which has been very much appreciated by our organization."
"I feel that the test plan and test tools are more manageable in TFS."
"It is very user-friendly."
"Customer Service: It's very good."
"The initial setup is fairly easy."
"It is a stable solution."
"Since it is a robust solution, I face no performance issues. Also, considering how well the implementation process of the solution was carried out, we never faced any issues while using the solution."
"It is a stable solution."
"You can use it for the entire software development process, from the user story to the code and the integration and deployment — the whole nine yards."
 

Cons

"The tool has an issue whereby it restarts its services on its own."
"Limited reporting features for management."
"It is difficult to gain experience with the product because resources and documentation for learning are not available."
"What I'm missing from the solution is a repository for the code. Something like Git, for example. Some sort of depository for the code that is embedded."
"Stability needs improvement. It has some minor defects that could be improved."
"The pricing should be more competitive."
"Because AccuRev is a centralized SCM, Microfocus will always need to work to improve performance relative to distributed SCM."
"Source code conflicts are like evil twins."
"We have had to recall a prior “production-ready” version to provide as a temporary solution."
"This solution is quite old and it is already being bundled as Azure DevOps Server."
"They have room for improvement in merging the source code changes for multiple developers across files. It is very good at highlighting the changes that the source code automatically does not know how to handle, but it's not very good at reporting the ones that it did automatically. There are times when we have source code that gets merged, and we lose the changes that we expected to happen. It can get a little confusing at times. They can just do a little bit better on the merging of changes for multiple developers."
"Build definition management - there needs to be change control for build definitions"
"The manageability and performance of the product are areas of concern where improvements are required."
"Merging branches is definitely one of the more challenging aspects for people new to TFS."
"Basic, manual testing should not be only available at the most expensive pricing level."
"There is room for improvement from reporting point of view."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is a lower cost than other top competetors."
"You will need to obtain server and account licenses."
"There is a yearly licensing fee that needs to be paid."
"I am not in a position to comment on the licensing terms, as we are talking about an enterprise arrangement."
"It's just as expensive as HPE ALM, without many of the features, best used for development tool only to avoid higher costs."
"TFS is on the higher side, but if you intend to use the tool as a complete ALM tool, it will reduce your costs in the long run."
"TFS is not cheap."
"We pay for the license yearly."
"The price of the solution is cheaper than other competitors and it is a per-user license."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Construction Company
8%
Computer Software Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise26
Large Enterprise64
 

Questions from the Community

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Which is better - TFS or Azure DevOps?
TFS and Azure DevOps are different in many ways. TFS was designed for admins, and only offers incremental improvements. In addition, TFS seems complicated to use and I don’t think it has a very fri...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TFS?
While I do not know the exact pricing, TFS is likely more expensive than GitLab.
What needs improvement with TFS?
From a testing perspective, while the build and deploy automation capability and pipeline integration are already present to a great extent, these are areas where TFS can improve further.
 

Also Known As

Micro Focus AccuRev, AccuRev
Team Foundation Server
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Akcelerant, SDL, CSG, Avid Technology Inc., Azimuth Systems Inc, Drivecam, Endgame, f5 Networks, Follett Software, Hyland Software, Indanet, Kronos, McAfee
Vendex KBB IT Services, Info Support, Fujitsu Consulting, TCSC, Airways New Zealand, HP
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